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Performers
Vespers
Vydubychi Church Chorus
Vydubytsky Monastery, Kyiv, Ukraine
Vespers was recorded by the Vydubychi Church Chorus conducted by Volodymyr Viniar in the church of St. George the Victorious in May 2005, with solos by Father Taras Koberynko. The picture is from the premiere performance at Kyiv's Pecherska (Lavra Monastery of the Caves) taken at the Kyivfest 16th International Music Festival at Holy Dormition Cathedral, September 2006.
The Vydubychi Church Chorus was founded in 1990 in Kyiv at the beginning of the rebirth of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Chorus members are professional singers, graduates of music conservatories and institutes of the Ukraine. The Chorus is a non-profit, voluntary society and its members musically serve at liturgies in the churches of the Vydubytsky Monastery, which dates back to the 11th century.
Volodymyr Viniar, the artistic director-conductor, obtained his musical education at the M. Drahomanov Pedagogical University in Kyiv. Bohdan Kuts, the administrative director, is a graduate of the National University of Culture in Kyiv. These leading members are part of the founding core of the Chorus that originally sang in the Kyiv Radio and Television Choir, an ensemble recognized for its wide repertoire of Ukrainian and western European music.
Vespers was recorded by the Vydubychi Church Chorus in the church of St. George the Victorious in May 2005.
Liturgy No. 2
Vydubychi Church Chorus
Vydubytsky Monastery, Kyiv, Ukraine
Liturgy No. 2 was recorded by the Vydubychi Church Chorus in St. Nicholas (Prytyka) Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Kyiv, Ukraine in June of 2003. The chorus was conducted by Volodymyr Viniar and included bass solos by Oleksandr Martynenko.
The picture is from the video taping of parts of Liturgy No.2 at the Vydubystky Monastery
The Vydubychi Church Chorus was founded in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1990, at the beginning of the revival of the Ukrainian Orthodoxy. It was one of the first church choirs in Kyiv to reinstate the singing of divine liturgies in Ukrainian. Since 1993, the Vydubychi Chorus has sung in the 11th century St. Michael's Church at the Vydubytsky Monastery in Kyiv. With a repertoire of sacred works, Christmas carols, and Ukrainian folk music, the chorus also performs in concerts and festivals around the world, including the 4th International Symposium of Choral Music (Sydney, Australia, 1996), Grand Tour of Canada (May 1997), ad the Christmas Tour of Belgium(1998).
Volodymyr Viniar, the artistic director-conductor, obtained his musical education at the M. Drahomanov Pedagogical University in Kyiv. Bohdan Kuts, the producer, is a graduate of the National University of Culture in Kyiv. These leading members are part of the founding core of the Chorus that originally sang in the Kyiv Radio and Television Choir, an ensemble recognized for its wide repertoire of Ukrainian and western European music.
The picture above was taken at the 11th century Vydubytsky Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, June, 2003.
Requiem Panachyda
Frescoes of Kyiv Chamber Choir
Kyiv, Ukraine
Requiem Panachyda was recorded by Frescoes of Kyiv Chamber Choir in St. Michaels's Golden Domed Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine in May 2001. The chorus was conducted by Oleksandr Bondarenko and includes tenor solos by Mykola Cholodyj and bass solos by Oleksandr Bondarenko. Picture is from a recording session in Kyiv, Ukraine May 2001.
The Frescoes of Kyiv Ukrainian choir of sacred music was established in June 1989 by its current director and main conductor Oleksandr Bondarenko, in order to revive and propagate the age-old traditions of Ukrainian sacred choral music. This rich heritage includes the works of such composers as Mykola Dyletsky (1650 - 1723), Maksym Berezovsky (1745 - 1777), Dmytro Bortnyansky (1751 - 1825), Mykola Leontovych (1877 - 1921), Kyrylo Stetsenko (1882 - 1922), among others. The Frescoes of Kyiv was a pioneer in rediscovering many Ukrainian sacred compositions, as well as popularizing the works of contemporary composers.
Oleksandr Bondarenko is a graduate of the Cherkassy Music School and the Kyiv Conservatory in Voice and Conducting, Mr. Bondarenko founded the Frescoes of Kyiv Ukrainian choir of sacred music in June of 1989. His other recordings include The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom by Kyrylo Stetsenko (1998), as well as Masterworks of Ukrainian Church Music (1999), a collection of liturgical music, carols and epiphany songs.
Liturgy 2000
Schola Cantorum
Chigaco, USA
Liturgy 2000 was recorded by the Schola Cantorum chorus in St. Volodymyr and Olha's Ukrainian Catholic Church in January 2000 in Chicago, Illinois. The chorus was conducted by J. Michael Thompson and includes tenor solos by Father Ivan Krotec, Father Jaroslaw Mendiuk, and a Bass solo by Bohdan Kosopad. The picture is from a recording session Sts. Volodymyr and Olha's Ukrainian Byzantine Catholic Church, Chicago, December 1999.
Founded in 1988, the Schola Cantorum (Latin for "School of singers") is a professional choir of men and women that draws on the rich traditions of Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony, as well as the new and challenging compositions of the 20th and 21st centuries.
James Michael Thompson is the founder of the Schola Cantorum of St. Peter the Apostle. In 1988 he became the Director of Music Ministry at Saint Peter's in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. He held this post from 1988 to June 1999. Author, editor, composer of various works, he is well known in the Midwest United States for his choral and liturgical work.
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